OpenAI launches Astra for Law; lawyer slams ZDR privacy promises as unverifiable
bgmshana · x · 2026-09-19
OpenAI has launched Astra for Law, a legal offering powered by GPT-6 Astra with tools, settings, and context designed to support lawyers and legal tech firms.
A legal practitioner responded with a point-by-point critique of its privacy claims:
- OpenAI itself has said it "cannot rule out" that de-identified usage data helped improve its models, undermining the Zero Data Retention promise.
- ZDR is restricted to "eligible firms," leaving solo practitioners and in-house counsel out.
- Despite the no-human-review claim, chats are still processed in plaintext, so anyone with server access can see everything in real time; nothing structurally prevents training on customer data.
- There is zero verifiability — users can't check whether files were stored or their IP used for training. It's a "trust me bro" promise.
Conclusion: legal teams have plenty of compliance reasons to stay away.
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